Information Analyst Contracts

Information Analyst
UK

The median Information Analyst daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 638 754
Rank change year-on-year +82 +116 -120
Contract jobs requiring an Information Analyst 28 59 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.064% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 43 65
10th Percentile £389 £194 £185
25th Percentile £400 £230 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £388 £450
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -13.89% +12.50%
75th Percentile £540 £507 £575
90th Percentile £675 £602 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £369 £313
% change year-on-year +35.59% +18.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - £16.00 -
25th Percentile £20.50 £19.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -7.69% +38.06%
75th Percentile £21.50 £24.94 £26.50
90th Percentile - £25.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 £24.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% -7.69% +38.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Information Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Information Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Analyst over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +59 26 £500 +29.03% 53
UK excluding London +26 20 £500 +35.59% 36
Work from Home +106 12 £400 -5.88% 20
London +63 8 £575 +76.92% 15
North of England +17 7 £500 +11.11% 5
South East +17 5 £540 +54.29% 17
North West +15 4 £293 -16.43% 2
Midlands +13 4 £400 +81.82% 11
East Midlands +9 3 £400 +105.13% 6
Yorkshire +13 2 £500 -1.96% 2
Scotland - 2 £388 -
West Midlands +12 1 - - 5
East of England +3 1 - -
South West +1 1 £515 +77.28% 4
North East - 1 £500 - 1

Information Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Information Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Information Analyst in the job title.

1 18 (64.29%) Information Security
2 10 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (32.14%) Information Management
3 9 (32.14%) Management Information System
3 9 (32.14%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (28.57%) Azure
5 7 (25.00%) NIST
6 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
6 6 (21.43%) CISM
6 6 (21.43%) CISSP
6 6 (21.43%) SQL
6 6 (21.43%) Security Posture
7 5 (17.86%) NHS
7 5 (17.86%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (17.86%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (17.86%) Power Platform
7 5 (17.86%) Power BI
7 5 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
8 4 (14.29%) GDPR
8 4 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
8 4 (14.29%) Degree
8 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
8 4 (14.29%) Firewall
8 4 (14.29%) Finance
9 3 (10.71%) Change Management
9 3 (10.71%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
9 3 (10.71%) CISA

Information Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) Azure
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (17.86%) Power Platform
3 3 (10.71%) AWS
4 2 (7.14%) Veeva
5 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.57%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) Firewall
2 2 (7.14%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.57%) QlikView
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (7.14%) Legal
3 2 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.57%) Banking
4 1 (3.57%) Games
4 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (32.14%) Management Information System
2 6 (21.43%) Security Posture
3 5 (17.86%) NHS
4 2 (7.14%) Life Science
5 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.57%) Cyberattack
5 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.57%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (64.29%) Information Security
2 9 (32.14%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (32.14%) Information Management
3 5 (17.86%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (17.86%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
4 4 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
5 3 (10.71%) Change Management
5 3 (10.71%) Cloud Security
5 3 (10.71%) Incident Management
5 3 (10.71%) Mathematics
5 3 (10.71%) Mentoring
5 3 (10.71%) Performance Management
5 3 (10.71%) Performance Monitoring
5 3 (10.71%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
5 3 (10.71%) SIEM
6 2 (7.14%) Data Protection
6 2 (7.14%) ISMS
6 2 (7.14%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) CISM
1 6 (21.43%) CISSP
2 4 (14.29%) Degree
3 3 (10.71%) CISA
3 3 (10.71%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (7.14%) CESG Certified Professional
4 2 (7.14%) ISSAP
4 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) CRISC
5 1 (3.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (25.00%) NIST
3 4 (14.29%) GDPR
4 2 (7.14%) COBIT
4 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (3.57%) GRC
5 1 (3.57%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.57%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (3.57%) VMware